Fireplace screens with doors how to#

Use your high-heat spray paint to paint the hardware cloth, chrome spacers, washers, and pulley wheels black. After cutting it down, we placed a piece of plywood with some weights on top over night to help get it to lay flat.Ģ) Separate the pulley wheels from the swivel mechanism (ours was easy to do–we just has to remove the cotter pin). It will help put the written steps into context for you**ġ) Cut the hardware cloth to roughly 40” x 50” with your metal snips–cutting it down makes it a bit easier to work with.

**Review the diagram below before reading through all of the steps.

Angle Grinder(these are super inexpensive and we have used our grinder for a ton of different projects–it's a great tool to add to your collection).

Power drill and various size drill bits.

High heat spray paint in black (we used Rustoleum).

(4) 1/4” x 3 1/4” Tapcon Hex Head screws.

(2) 48” x 2” x 3/16” Steel Bar (these will be used to make the steel rail that the door slides on).

(2) 48” x 1 1/4” x 1/8” Steel Bar (these will be used to make the side rails of the fireplace screen).

(4) 48” x 2” x 1/8” Steel Bar (these will be used to make the top and bottom rails of the fireplace screen).

*quantities needed are noted in parentheses* Simply alter the dimensions to fit your fireplace!* All of the materials and measurements below are specific to our fireplace. * Note that our finished fireplace screen measures 45″ x 32″, which is sized to cover our large fireplace opening (42 1/2″ x 30 1/4″).

Fireplace screens with doors how to#

How to Make a Barn Door Style Fireplace Screen Click here to read my full disclosure policy. This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Read on to learn how to make a barn door style, sliding fireplace screen. So, we did what we always do…we figured out how to DIY it without welding.

The bad news was that my husband and I don't know how to weld, nor could we afford to hire the job out.